Oncology Journal Club 25th September 2018

Article access (via OpenAthens)

Please read the article and consider the questions in time for the session.

Improving the care of cancerpatients: holistic needs assessment

Questions

1.    “HNAs should be undertaken at diagnosis and re-evaluated at strategic points in every patient’s journey” as advised by Macmillan Cancer Support. Based on your experience does this happen? Is it feasible? What would you consider strategic points in the patient’s journey?

2.    The article states that “HNAs need to be meaningful to all involved, however, if patients perceived their participation in the assessment as merely a tick-box exercise, there was unlikely to be any discussion about identified areas of distress”. Based on your experience do you agree/disagree with this statement and why?

3.    What challenges have you experienced when completing HNAs within your area of care? Are these similar to those identified within the article?

4.    How have you overcome these challenges? Did you feel the article highlighted realistic solutions to the challenges faced by staff when completing HNAs?

5.    What training have you benefitted from to support you with implementing HNAs in your area?

6.    What further training would you like to see to support you moving forward with implementing HNAs.

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